--On 11 September 2002 15:21 +0100 "Curson Nigel Mr (PRS) k332"
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> Paul, did you mean this to go to the list?
Nigel was fooled my mail headers .... I have his permission
to copy this reply to the list.
>
>> There is no mention that I could see on the CHEST site of
>> an obligatory one-off consultancy charge (other sites have shelled out
>> an additional payment of up to 30K for their Level 3
>> implementations) for
>> the
>> Enterprise ("full") version. Has this been now dropped?
>>
>
> Yes, I realize there are omissions. Clive has told me that BB were taking
> notes of questions and answers at Swansea and that these should be
> summarised to us at some point. We hadn't encountered the 'consultancy'
> charge as UEA has only signed up for what was Level 1.
At Swansea a plea was made for a product-feature matrix and increased
clarity about costs/licensing options - all on one side of A3!
>
>> There is no mention either of charging for "test servers" on
>> which to rehearse patches/upgrades. Can a test server be
>> set up using an existing license? I'm been getting mixed
>> messages from Blackboard (some personnel say you need a "development"
>> license) and from other sites ("we just do a second installation
>> on the same license ..... Blackboard told us to ....").
>>
>
>
> Again, maybe this should go to the list ...
>
> Blackboard are a funny lot in some respects!
>
> Regards, N
Indeed - perhaps this is the norm for commercial software
houses? I'd getting rather fed up with what seems to
be a divide and rule approach.
United we stand .....
Paul
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